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Would concur with this. Even on service distance (longer buses, T2 and T3) I have had to ask the driver a couple of times if they would wait so I could use the toilet, and they have (thankfully, much appreciated as I would otherwise have needed to wait for the next bus). For a coach...

I'm sure it can be beaten, but, the best I could find is the 04:58 arrival at Barnham from Bognor Regis. If this misses the 05:15 departure then you wouldn't be able to make it to Rosslare Europort (via Fishguard Harbour) until 05:30 the next day rather than 17:30.

Thank you for your detailed answers; will buy the ticket off GTR, then at least I have the 2 pdfs. It's a shame that it seems like the issue is not an easy fix, it would be nice if they at least implemented some text in retail sites such that when you buy a more expensive LnW (/tfW only) ticket...

Hi all, I hold an advance single as an e-ticket for travel from Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury on Monday 6th November. I want to travel onwards to London using the following fare: https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=SHR&dest=EUS&rlc=YNG&rte=371&tkt=OPS (Super off peak single routed LnW/TfW...

If advance tickets are being used, Avanti Superfare may be an option. These are very cheap fares, but you are not able to choose which train you travel on, only the date - afaik you can choose morning/afternoon/evening, so should be able to ensure arriving in time for the concert. These would...

One thing you could do, if you wanted a return ticket valid on any TOC is buy a ticket from a station where fares to Durham are not set by LNER. You could buy an off-peak day return (£9.00 - valid only after 08:59 M-F) or anytime day return (£10.60) from Dunston to Durham at the ticket office...

For future journeys, have you considered using a West Midlands Day Ranger and travelling via Leamington/Birmingham on XC? Reading -> Banbury off peak day return (£10.25) Banbury -> Leamington Spa off peak day return (£7.05) West Midlands Day Ranger (£21.10) Crewe -> Liverpool off peak day...

That makes sense. I was actually slightly surprised (and relieved, given I needed to be in Aberystwyth before the next bus would have arrived) that I was allowed to board where I did due to the overcrowding. Nobody was denied travel, but it certainly seems like strengthening is needed between...

I was on the 15:15 T2 from Bangor to Aberystwyth recently, which departs 10 minutes later than the standard service at XX:05. Allocating an appropriate bus to this whole journey would be incredibly challenging, given the bus was full and standing with mostly schoolkids all the way to Penygroes...

To update, I actually ended up arriving at Euston in time for the 17:47 (Called Rugby and MKC), and travelled to Crewe via Stoke on Trent. My tickets were not actually checked, aside from at Euston, but wouldn't have expected any issues anyway. Additionally... Amazing last few minutes at the...

Thank you everyone for your responses - it is a fairly significant saving on any other combinations I could find which would let me use Avanti, so I will attempt to use it. Hopefully the TM will be familiar with such splits, and glad to have not heard any horror stories - worst case I will just...

Thank you for your response - I'm aware of the restrictions on the ranger, will be travelling home from Crewe rather than back to Shrewsbury. My concern however is, I was hoping to take advantage of condition 14.3 in the conditions of travel, that being: 14.3 Unless Condition 14.1 applies, if...

Hi all. I will be travelling to London for the day in the near future, due to travelling from and returning to different destinations, the cheapest way I have found to do this seems to be to split using a West Midlands Day Ranger. The tickets I intend to use are as follows: West Midlands Day...

Thank you - after searching, I have found a negative easement that is prohibiting these tickets being sold, turns out I could not find it before because I was searching for WMR/LNR/TFW ONLY and it still uses the old name of the restriction (ATW/LM only), but I just checked all easements...

That would be much appreciated, thank you. The route is 00371 WMR/LNR/TFW ONLY. If this is the case, are these hidden restrictions enforceable?